# mont
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɒn/, /mɒ̃(n)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒn
* Homophones: mon, monts

### Noun

mont (plural monts)
* mount; mountain.

#### Derived terms

* Mont Blanc

#### Related terms

* mount
* mountain

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French montre.

### Noun

mont
* watch; clock

## Breton
### Alternative forms

* moned

### Etymology

Suppletive verb; verbal noun from Proto-Brythonic *monetu (compare Welsh mynd, Cornish mones), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *mon-ī- (compare Middle Irish muinithir (“goes around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes (“will come”), Lithuanian mìnti (“to trample, scutch”)). Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti (“to drive”) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸel- (“to approach, drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō (“strike, drive”), Epic Greek πίλναμαι (pílnamai, “approach”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ̃nt/

### Verb

mont
* (intransitive) to go

#### Derived terms

* mont en-dro
* mont kuit

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmon]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmont]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: món, mon, Mon, Mont

### Noun

mont m (plural monts)
* (archaic or toponyms) mount, mountain
    Synonyms: munt, muntanya

#### Derived terms

* Montseny
* Montserrat

#### Related terms

* muntanya

### References

* “mont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mont”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mont” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mont” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

mont (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois)
* Alternative form of mondo (“world”)

### References

* mont in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mŭndus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 218

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French mont, from Latin montem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: monts, mon

### Noun

mont m (plural monts)
* mountain, mount, mont
* (in the plural) the Alps

#### Derived terms

* à contre-mont
* mont-de-piété
* par monts et par vaux
* promettre monts et merveilles
(proper nouns):
* Mont Blanc
* Montparnasse
* monts Oural
* monts San Francisco

#### Related terms

* amont
* monceau
* montagne
* monter
* monticule
* montueux
* promontoire

### Further reading

* “mont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

mont m (plural monts)
* mountain, mount

#### Related terms

* montagne

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔn̥t/
* Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

### Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)
* boasting, bragging
    Synonyms: gort, grobb, raup, sjálfshól
* conceit, arrogance
    Synonym: yfirlæti

#### Derived terms

* monthani (“boaster, braggart”)
* montrass (“boaster, braggart”)

#### Related terms

* monta (“to boast, to brag”)
* montinn (“boastful; conceited, arrogant”)

### References

* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “mont”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd̥]
* Rhymes: -ont
* Hyphenation: mont

### Determiner

mont (+ partitive)
* Alternative form of monta
** 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:Mont sahhaaja? Mont tööläist?How many sawyers? How many workers?

### Determiner

mont
* Alternative form of monta

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

mont f (plural montes)
* mountain, mount, plateau

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Latin mons. Cognates include Italian monte and French mont.

### Noun

mont m
* mountain

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch munt, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

### Noun

mont m
* mouth (opening in the head)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: mond, mont (obsolete)
** Afrikaans: mond
** Javindo: mon
** Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
*** → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
** Petjo: mon
** Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
* Limburgish: móndj

### Further reading

* “mont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mont (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Noun

mont
* Alternative form of mount

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

### Noun

mont m (plural monts)
* (Jersey, geography) hill

#### Derived terms

* mont ès minnes (“slag heap”)

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
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### Noun

mont m
* mount

#### Synonyms

* montanheta
* puèg

#### Related terms

* montanha

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns. Doublet with montaigne.

#### Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)
* mountain

##### Descendants

* French: mont
* Norman: mont (Jersey)

### Etymology 2

See monde

#### Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)
* Alternative form of monde

## Old Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmont/

### Noun

mont m (plural montes)
* Apocopic form of monte; a mountain or hill.
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt.It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin mons.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muŋt/

### Noun

mont m
* mount, mountain

## Romanian
### Etymology

From bont.

### Noun

mont n (plural monturi)
* bunion